Well, if you have too much, and get rid of some, you're fine. If you get rid of too much, and get some more, you're fine. If you get rid of too much and don't get any more you are inconvenienced. If you get too much and don't get rid of any, you are crowded out of house and home -- there was a case of a packrat who was killed by his habit.

If you just stop getting anything, ever, you can end up feeling very subdued and deprived and your stuff will gradually wear out and break and you are inconvenienced. If you acquire without ever getting rid of anything you become ruled by your heaps of stuff.

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